Clothes-press and wardrobe.



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CLOTHES PRESS AND WARDRGBE.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 8, 1906.

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JAMES LOUIS GIDEON, OF HASKELL, INDIAN TERRITORY.

CLOTH ES-PRESS AND WAFIDROBE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4.-, 1907.

Application filed August 8,1906. Serial No. 329,790.

To mi] '/'lflmm it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES LoUIs GIDEON, a citizen of the United States7 residing at IfIaskelL in District No. 7 Indian Territory, Vhave invented a new and useful Clothes- Press and I/Vardrobe, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to collapsible clothes presses and wardrobes and it cons'ists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts as hereinafter shown and described.

The obj ect of the invention is to provide a clothes press or wardrobe of a colla sible nature which may be easily and readi y applied to adjacent wall surfaces forming the corner of a room. i

The said press or wardrobe consists primarily of a front partition provided with upper and lower doors and having at its edges hinged wings which meet the edges of the said front partition at obtuse angles and which are squared at their opposite edges so as to meet the faces of adjacent walls extend ing at right angles to each other.

In holding the wardrobe or press in position and in close relation to the walls, hooks are first driven into the corner and links are engaged with the said hooks and also with eyes attached to the framework of the front partition of the wardrobe. The said links are preferably provided with turn-buckles whereby the said wardrobe may be drawn into close contact with the said walls. The said partition and wings are provided with horizontally extending grooves or guides which are adapted to hold the edges of shelving and thereby divide the said wardrobe into compartments at different elevations. Any suitable means may be provided for closing the upper end of the said wardrobe or press.'

In the drawings: Figure lv is a front elevation of the.press or wardrobe. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View of the same.

The press or w ardrobe comprises the front partition I which has hinged to its vertical edges the wings 2, 2. The said wings, when extended or swung out, are disposed at obtuse angles with relation to the partition l and the outer edges of the said wings are adapted to fit squarely against the surfaces of adjacent walls disposed at right angles to each other. Consequently, the said press or wardrobe is especially adapted to be applied at the corners of a room.

The inner sides of the partition l and the Y wings 2 are provided with the horizontally extending cross pieces 3, 3, one set of which is located at the upper and lower ends respectively of the said parts and 2 and the other set is located at an intermediate point thereof. In the vicinity of the intermediate set of cross pieces 3 and spaced from the same is located the cross pieces 4. The space between the cross pieces 3 and 4 is adapted to receive the edge of a shelf which will divide the interior of the said press or wardrobe into upper and lower compartments. The partition 1 is provided in its upper part with a door 5 which opens above'the intermediate cross pieces 8 and aords a means of access to the upper compartment and the lower portion of the said partition l is provided. with a door 6 which opens below the said intermediate cross pieces 3 and forms a means of access to the lower portion of the press or wardrobe. The eyes 7, 7 are secured at intermediate points of the lower and intermediate cross pieces 3 located upon the partition 1. Hooks 8 are driven or otherwise secured in the corner formed by the walls of the room- The links 9 are caught at one end over the said hooks 8 and engage the eyes 7 at their opposite ends. The said links 9 are provided at intermediate points with turnbuckles l0 by means of which the entire press or wardrobe may be drawn into close contact with the walls of the room.

From the foregoing description, it is obvious that the said press or wardrobe may be easily and readily-taken down and folded up for storage or shipment.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is :h-

A press or wardrobe comprising spaced cross-pieces, each cross piece being made up of sections hinged together and adapted to abut at their ends when'eXtended. Panels attached to saidA cross-pieces and forming walls which are disposed at obtuse angles to ICO each other when extendech A shelf fitting my oWn, I have hereto afixedniy signature in Within the Gross-pieces and spacing the Walls the presence of' two Witnesses. of the press fiom the Walls of a room and a link located under said shelf and attached at JAMES LOUIS GIDEON' 5 one end to one of the Cross-pieces and at its Witnesses:

other end to the Wall oi the room. M. MCCARTHY, In testimony that I claim the foregoing as CHAS. BENSON. 

